Safety chain holder



July 2, 1929. M. STARMER SAFETY CHAIN HOLDER Filed Dec. 25, 192'? l'nmentor Patented July 2, 1929.

UNITED STATES MARY STARMER, OF NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA.

SAFETY CHAIN HOLDER.

Application filed December 23, 1927. Serial No. 242,102.

My present invention relates to improvements in safety chain holders involving the use of a belt buckle of standard type as usually employeiil on bolts for personal wear by men or womei'i.

The device ol my invention is especially designed for use in supporting a Watch chain and the latter may be attached to the buckle by a spring ring of the usual make, the chain may be looped for attachment the buckle, or other means may be employed for connecting the chain to the holder of the buckle in such manner that the chain is prevented from becoming detached from the buckle. 7

.By the utilization of my invention, 1 am enabled to manufacture a comoined belt buckle and safety chain holder at comparalively slight cost and. by simple operations, without changing the exterior appearance ol the well known types oi belt buckles. The buckle may be stamped, pressed, or E2 .hioned in other suitable manner by proper tools or machines. and the holder is preferably fashioned as an integral part of the buckle.

My invention consists in certain novel cmbinations and arrangements of parts as will hereinafter be more fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 have ilh'istrated one complete example or the physical embodiment oi my invention in connection with two types o'l? belt buckle, in, which the parts are cou'ibined and arranged accord ing to the best mode 1 have so far devised "for the practical application oi the principles of: my invention.

Figure 1 is a :tace View of the buckle end of a belt :lor personal wear showing the inner side of the belt and showing; also the chain holder as an integral part of the bi'mkle;

Fig. 2 is atop edge View oil? the parts shown in Fig. 1

Fig 3 is a front edge View looking at the buckle end of the belt oi Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is a front View of a portion of a buckled belt in which the buckle is oi? a modified form but also provided with the safety chain holder.

In order that the general arrangement and relation of parts may readily be understood 1 have shown in Fig. 1 one end of a belt 1 which may be of leather or other suitable material and provided Withthe usual l0op2 which is secured to the body of the belt by snap fasteners as I). The buckle 4; which is supported from the loop 2 is provided with the usual prong or tongue 5 and at the inner side of the buckle and preferably on its lower horizontal bar I provide an integral flange (5 having a slot 7 therein. This flange and slot form the safety holder for the watch chain and the latter is indicated as being supported tlrom the slotted flange. The flange 'i' may be an integral part of the buckle or it may be rigidly secured tl'iereto in suitable manner. .l he flange projects from the bottom bar of the buckle at its inner side but is not of sullcient width to interfere with the :liastening or unfastcning ot the belt. The watch chain may be attached to the slotted flange by the use oil a spring ring or by any other suitable means and oi? course the Watch chain dangles from the safety holder somewhat as ind icated in Pig. 1.

In Fig. l, I have shown another type oi? buckle as 8 which is can-ri ed at the looped odd 9 ol? the belt and the perforated end 10 of the belt is secured to the buckle by the prong or tongue 11. The slotted flange is indicated by dotted lines at 12, being on the rear side of the bottom bar of the buckle. The chain. may be attached to this slotted flange in manner.- similar to that shown in Fig. 1.

As thus 001' noted, the combined buckle and chain holder provide a uselulde'vice for supporting: the chain and the usual appearance oi the buckle is maintained. As thus illustrated and described, .it will be apparent that the device o'l my invcnticiin prmxides a novel and usc'lul instrumentality for the p01 tormance oi its required lunel'ious.

.lilavin gr thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by lietlers Patent is A rectangular buckle haying parallel end bars, upper and lower horizontal bars, a tongue on one end of the end bars and an inintegral slotted. flange projecting inwardly from the inner edn'e oi the lower bar :lor the reception and detention oi. a watch chain, a belt having); one of its ends looped about one of the end bars and having its other end passing under the other end bar and adjustably secured to the tongue.

MARY STARMER. 

